Extortion case registered against scribe

Mumbai, Jan 14 (UNI) A 52-year-old scribe has been booked for allegedly demanding extortion money from a businessman at Dadar, here.

The accused Mangilal Joharsingh Rajpurohit, a journalist by profession, had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from a businessman, Phoolchand Kundanmal Jain (40), for settling a threat case filed by Rajpurohit against Jain and his brother last year.

Rajpurohit had filed a complaint against the Jain brothers last year following which they were arrested.

Later, for settling the matter out of court, Rajpurohit had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000.